# No Longer a Wallflower

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721 "2021-02-12T03:39:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721/1 "2021-02-12T03:39:28Z")

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I have changed my name from **don’t mind me.** I briefly considered **Do What I Say,** but the point was to clean out the ugly underscores.

Carry on.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721/2 "2021-02-12T04:35:08Z")

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Better than helena handbasket.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721/3 "2021-02-12T05:53:42Z")

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That raises two questions: are you female, and is your name Helen?

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**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721/4 "2021-02-12T19:21:03Z")

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Yes on one and no on two.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721/5 "2021-02-25T07:58:48Z")

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I like it.😁

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721/6 "2021-02-25T16:21:20Z")

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Better than **Helen Stay**. She was one of my mom’s teachers. All the kids used to say “Go to Helen Stay.”

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**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721/7 "2021-02-26T23:31:01Z")

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That’s great!

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721/8 "2021-02-28T16:35:03Z")

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> [@HelenGawn](#):
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> Yes on one and no on two.

Which one was **yes** , your name is Helen… or number 2?

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**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721/9 "2021-03-02T02:32:45Z")

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I knew someone would get the reference.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jWcq9jQrvcQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Buckaroo Bonzai: Yes on 1, no on 2...") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWcq9jQrvcQ)